Artist Daniel Arsham creates limited edition poker sets out of ceramic and linen
In New York, contemporary artist Daniel Arsham has crafted ceramic poker chips and linen playing cards to explore the game’s “duality,” in that it...
Parcel Health innovates paper pill packaging
In Pennsylvania, Parcel Health has developed 100% recyclable, paper-based prescription bottles.
Dubbed Tully Tubes, the bottles are certified by the US FDA for use in...
Circular sea solution: Taiwanese students create wave-dissipating bricks from oysters
In Taiwan, students Chia-Ying Chiang and Shao-Yu Lin have created wave-dissipating blocks using oyster shells and c-slurry.
Such blocks are used to minimize damage...
À_SOMBRA mycelium burial urn embraces ecological regeneration
In Brazil, the À_SOMBRA project has added a new eco-friendly end-of-life option. Designed by João Pedro Alves Cavalcanti and Jeanine Torres Geammal from the...
UAE expanding greenery with natural latex balloons laden with seeds
In Abu Dhabi, 100,000 natural latex balloons carrying about 100 million seeds were released on New Year’s Eve, with hopes the stunt would help...
Designers envision game controllers grown from SCOBY
In France, designers Vivien Roussel, Madalina Nicolae, and Marc Teyssier have created a video game controller made from SCOBY, also known as Symbiotic Culture...
Hard nut to crack: Project eyes pistachio and walnut shells for new materials
In Austria, researchers at the BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences are leading an EU-funded project to manufacture new materials from nutshells....
Holiday music box features coffee-grounds base
In South Korea, designer Hyunbin Kim has created a music box made out of used coffee grounds.
Dubbed Snowie, the holiday-themed music box features...
Kiwi design student creates Woo-Lace, a wool-based shoelace
In New Zealand, a design student at Auckland University of Technology has won a design award for biodegradable shoelaces made from an underutilized wool....
Mumbai MycoMuseum puts mushroom materials on parade
In Mumbai, a “MycoMuseum” has been established to highlight how fungi can be used to sustainably create everyday items.
Curated by Suyash Sawant and...